Harsh women are not a new phenomenon.

Zhou Gui hadn't just grown tired of her today; he had already written the letter of divorce, but he hadn't yet made up his mind to take action.

The mean woman's behavior today was so excessive that Zhou Gui had no choice but to divorce her to sever ties with her.

The rest was easy.

The mean woman, realizing what was happening, started yelling, but no one paid her any attention. Zhou Gui called his servants, who dragged her out.

The front hall of the Zhou family home immediately became quiet.

Jing Zhe took a sip of tea, as if nothing had happened, and asked with a smile, "Your Highness, you didn't come here just to watch such a good show, did you?"

The Crown Prince of Yu shook his head and said in a deep voice, "President Jing, I've come here to talk to you about Prefect Liu and Manager Hu!"

Ultimately, Prefect Liu and Manager Hu were both members of Prince Yu's camp, and two formidable generals at that. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them his right and left arms. Therefore, at this time, Prince Yu still wanted to protect them.

"Oh? What else is there to say about their affairs?"

Jing Zhe countered with a question.

"President Jing, I think there might be some misunderstanding here. You know, Manager Zhou has worked hard all his life, and Juxianlou is his entire business. Imagine if someone took away the business that someone has worked so hard for all their life, wouldn't they be a little irrational?"

After listening, Jing Zhe sneered, "So, what you mean, Your Highness, is that it's normal for Manager Hu and Prefect Liu to have conspired to frame me, and we can't use that to convict them, right?"

"Although it might sound a little hard to accept..."

The Crown Prince of Yu glanced at him. “But that’s the truth! President Jing said he was framed, but what happened? They were just talking. They didn’t even touch President Jing, let alone arrest him or take him to jail! So, they didn’t cause him any harm, so how could they frame him? At most, they were just talking nonsense!”

"Clap clap clap!"

Jing Zhe clapped his hands a few times, then exclaimed, "Brilliant, truly brilliant! According to what you've said, Your Highness, they were just talking, without taking any action, or rather, their actions didn't succeed. So there's no evidence to arrest them, right?"

The crown prince of King Yu thought for a moment and then asked in return, "Isn't that so?"

"Indeed, that makes sense, but I'm determined to arrest Manager Hu and Prefect Liu!"

Jing Zhe sneered, showing him no respect.

"Why?"

In front of Zhou Gui and Zhou Ziqiong, being rejected by Jing Zhe like this, the Crown Prince of Yu felt that he was losing face and asked in a cold voice.

"Why?"

Jing Zhe chuckled dismissively, then reached into his robes and said, "What, Your Highness, didn't you get enough of the Emperor's Sword? Do you want me to pull it out and show it to you?"

"..."

The crown prince of Yu was stunned, then angry, and finally dejected.

Yes, he has the Emperor's Sword, he can kill whoever he wants, why would he need any evidence?

The Emperor's Sword is the proof!

At the same time, he was extremely dissatisfied. Why should the Emperor's Sword be given to such a scoundrel? Wouldn't that allow him to do whatever he wanted?

Seeing the discomfiture on the Prince of Yu's face, Jing Zhe said coldly, "I might as well tell the Prince of Yu that I came to Ruzhou City with an imperial decree to open a branch of the Da'an Newspaper! I originally wanted to choose a good location, but I didn't expect Manager Hu to offer a gift, so I gladly accept this Juxianlou. As for Manager Hu and Prefect Liu, there's no need for the Prince of Yu to worry about them, otherwise I would have thought you were in cahoots!"

"..."

The Crown Prince of Yu opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing. His advantage in facing Jing Zhe was his status, which he could use to put pressure on Jing Zhe.

But this fellow, relying on the Emperor's Sword, would draw his sword at the slightest provocation, making it impossible to do anything to him. This gave the Crown Prince of Yu a headache, and at the same time, he felt that Manager Hu and Prefect Liu were probably going to be in trouble.

He glared at Jing Zhe and was about to turn and leave when Jing Zhe said, "By the way, Your Highness, I have a feeling that Manager Hu and Prefect Liu have accomplices. So I'm going to interrogate them properly to see if we can find out who they are. Also, Your Highness should know that this Zhou Family Cloth Shop belongs to my sixth sister. If anyone tries to take advantage of it, I won't allow it!"

"..."

The Crown Prince of Yu was taken aback when Jing Zhe dared to point at him in front of him. After a moment of stunned silence, he turned and left.

...

Because of the big battle last night, Mu Qingren and Wang Yingqiu, as well as Zhang Xiaoyu, all slept in late today.

When Zhang Xiaoyu got up, it was already past Chenshi (7-9 AM).

When he came downstairs, he found that Juxianlou was different from yesterday, because the people working there were all his own people.

Only after asking Chen Jiannan did I learn that Jing Zhe had already taken care of Prefect Liu and Manager Hu while she was still asleep, and the Juxianlou restaurant now officially belonged to them.

Zhang Xiaoyu was very excited. She then asked Jing Zhe about it. When she heard that Jing Zhe was being led away by Zhou Ziqiong, she was stunned for a moment, and then she laughed.

She had previously tried to persuade Jing Zhe, because she felt that Zhou Ziqiong was good in terms of appearance, personality and ability. If Jing Zhe could take her in, it would be of great help to his future career.

Jing Zhe had initially refused, but she never expected their relationship to develop so rapidly, to the point where they were already acting independently. Of course, she thought this was for the best, so she stopped interfering and focused her energy on how to renovate Juxianlou.

"Xiaoyu!"

At that moment, Wang Yingqiu's voice came from upstairs.

Zhang Xiaoyu looked up and saw Mu Qingren and Wang Yingqiu walking down the stairs side by side. The window on the second floor was open, and she could guess that they must have flown in from the outside to avoid being discovered.

"Both of you are up?"

Zhang Xiaoyu looked at them and smiled.

Feeling a little embarrassed by Zhang Xiaoyu's stare, Wang Yingqiu replied with a smile, "Xiaoyu is up, how can we not be up?"

"But I didn't say no last night!"

"..."

Because Zhang Xiaoyu only went on stage last night after Mu Qingren and Wang Yingqiu had both been defeated, her final condition was much better than theirs.

"You little rascal, Xiaoyu, you're already teasing us?"

Because Mu Qingren and Zhang Xiaoyu had only known each other for a short time, even though they both respected each other, their relationship wasn't very close yet. So when she heard Zhang Xiaoyu's teasing, she could only laugh awkwardly.

Wang Yingqiu had known Zhang Xiaoyu for a long time, and given Zhang's lively personality, she deliberately expressed her dissatisfaction. After she finished speaking, the three women exchanged glances and burst into laughter.

The relationship between the three women deepened, and the atmosphere when they were together became more harmonious.

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